Avoided Quote by Irwin Edman

“Even the most sacred things are not to be honored before the Devil has had his say against them. But since the evil advocate…

— Anonymous

There is something mean in human nature that prefers to think evil, that gives a willing ear and a ready welcome to calumny, a…

— Richard Le Gallienne

The essence of good and evil is a certain disposition of the will.

— Epictetus

I used to suppose that certain evils could never befall a being in possession of a sound mind; that true virtue supplies us with…

— Charles Brockden Brown

The banality of evil transmutes into the banality of sentimentality. The world is nothing but a problem to be solved by enthusiasm.

— Teju Cole

Much that we call evil is really good in disguises; and we should not quarrel rashly with adversities not yet understood, nor overlook the…

— Horace Mann

“Great evil can only be fought by the strong. People need spiritual fuel as much as they need food, water, and air. Happiness, love,…

— Claudia Gray

“For all that exists in man, whether good or evil, is rendered conspicuous by the presence of great danger. His inmost feelings are roused…

— Justus Friedrich Karl Hecker

The Spirit of God is as destructive of evil as it is creative of good.

— John G. Lake

It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.

— Henry David Thoreau

Evil is a fact, not to be explained away, but to be accepted; and accepted, not to be endured, but to be conquered.

— John Haynes Holmes

The dread of evil is a much more forcible principle of human actions than the prospect of good.

— John Locke